What Solitary Confinement Does To The Brain

In the United States, some inmates get put into solitary confinement. How does it affect your brain?

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How Does Solitary Confinement Alter Prisoners?

“After 41 years in solitary confinement, Herman Wallace was freed last week. Three days later, he died from complications from liver cancer in his sleep.”

The Horrible Psychology of Solitary Confinement

“In the largest prison protest in California’s history, nearly 30,000 inmates have gone on hunger strike. Their main grievance: the state’s use of solitary confinement, in which prisoners are held for years or decades with almost no social contact and the barest of sensory stimuli.”

The Science of Solitary Confinement

“Although the practice has been largely discontinued in most countries, it’s become increasingly routine over the past few decades within the American prison system.”
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